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Thursday, January 08, 2009

I was feeling a little overwhelmed last night and decided not to participate in Mama Kat's writer's workshop today. I didn't think I had it in me to write anything. at. all.

Then I visited her site today to see what I had missed out on. I decided I couldn't pass this one up, so I'm just late on the draw......but no worries. It's not the first time, and it certainly won't be the last.

Here's the prompt I chose:

Ask a loved one to use 6 descriptive words to describe you and report your findings. How well do they know you?

I got all excited about this one, although on second thought, I'm beginning to think I'm a tad self centered to be so enthusiastic about something all about me.

Anyway. That's beside the point.....or IS it the point? I'll have to think on this one.

Back to the story.

I quickly called my husband at work, and sweetly asked him if he was busy.

He said, "it's not too bad right now, why?"

I said, "because I need you to tell me 6 words that describe me".

EASY, PEASY, right?

I'm mean, shouldn't a loved one be able to spit 6 words out in like 10 seconds?

Apparently not.

He said, "I'm really sorry, but I've been slammed all morning, and I'm backed up (but not in that way.....with work). I'm too busy to do this right now".

He seemed regretful that he couldn't help me out, but I have my doubts. When I asked him to get back to me he didn't sound very appreciative of this opportunity I've given him.

Humpf.

So then I decided to ask my boys. Remember, they are 3, 3 and 4. My first mistake might have been interrupting Go, Diego, GO! to ask this small favor of them. They assured me they understood my question, but, whatever. With much thought, this is what they came up with.

What happened to pretty, nice, kind, generous, smart, wonderful, amazing or a dozen other coveted attributes?

I figured that just wouldn't do. I needed more.

So I decided to call my sister.

I figured she'd be nice since:

1. It's her birthday today (HAPPY BIRTHDAY!) and she just received a diamond ring from her husband that I happen to know she's over the moon about, thus, she's in a good mood.2. I'm taking her out to lunch for her birthday so it wouldn't behoove her to not be nice.3. She's my sister and she loves me.

This is her list:1. outgoing2. responsible3. caring4. giving5. clean6. considerate

Now, I happen to like her list. I would just like to know why it took her so long to come up with numbers 2 through 6? And, what happened to smart?

Mamakazam is my favorite too!And I have to say, if I asked my husband to do this, I'd probably get a similar reaction. Suddenly he'd be swamped with work! Actually, I think he'd feel funny about announcing what he thinks about me to the bloggy world. Which I guess I can't really blame him for.Anyway, that's a great list from your sister. :)

Haha, I love the boys list. Angie is exactly how I would describe you as well! Lol, nooooo... I have plenty other nice things to say about you! How come nobody said pretty?! I would def. say pretty! Though it's not the most important attribute, it's always nice to hear!

Came over from MamaKat's. I love that your husband wasn't busy, then suddenly was. Husbands are so transparent. And what is up with your sister using "clean"? I think I would go back and edit that and put in Beautiful. Yes, that would make it all perfect.

whoohoo for your sister to pull through. it probably took so long because if she did the sisterly think and depending on the pecking order in your family she put bossy, or whiny, or self-centered. it wouldn't go over well. she was smart to take her time.

That's pretty much how I felt when they named the first one then said, uh.....um.....uh.....let me think.......GOOD GRIEF you shouldn't have to think so hard until at least number 6 definitely not at #2!! ha! Good going! I think I'll ask my boys tonight!

this, my friend, is hysterical. i love how you took us through the process, instead of just writing about the final results.

i don't know if YOUR husband is like this (probably not), but MINE is always short on time when i track him down at work (which is rare), but if HE calls home, he is offended if i don't have time to entertain him, since how busy can i really be??

anyway, lesson to take away: do not interrupt your kids while watching tv if you want any kind of real information from them.

Those are GREAT characteristics!I stopped asking my husband those things, because he always comes up with reasons why he can't do them. I'm sure he loves me for SOME reason... I just don't really know why :)

Ya, these six word lists are bringing out an interesting side in all of us...maybe we should all follow it up with what WE thought certain people would have said--because so far everyone seems to be surprised!!

This is about how my words were. It was like pulling teeth from everyone to get an answer from them! But I finally got a good answer from my hubby and my mom! This was a cute story tho! Tell Hubby that you still want an answer from him!

LOL - i think your first mistake was interupting Diego..but they still did a pretty good job... I would have probably gotten a bunch of mommy's and maybe even a daddy thrown in there just because my daughter's a weirdo :)

I LOVE your kid's comments! So so funny! I'm sure it was like pulling teeth to get that out of them!

And I love that your husband was not too busy until you asked him the question and then suddenly he has no time! He's not an idiot -- seems like most of the husbands didn't see the trap they were walking into in time .... at least he avoided it!

Oh, I love it! I can see the boys' little brains turning and trying so hard to come up with something! Reminds me of Thanksgiving when I asked Vivian what she was thankful for....and all she could think of was puppies and birdies. Oh, and I adore the nickname!

Hey Angie! I love your blog! I'm brand new to bloggin and just created a blog myself. I'm so glad I just happend upon your blog this morning through a friends page! Your kids are beautiful, I absolutely love their responses, too cute! Can't wait to get a chance to read more in days to come!

oh Angie! Don't worry, you already know you are smart, pretty, and all those other coveted adjectives. She wanted to let you know you are more! I hope you know that you are very much so all the best descriptive words!

I happened to ask my boys what they liked best about me--one said that they liked that I took them to wal mart, and the other said I made really good enchiladas (which are frozen) so....yeah.....I'm so glad I've devoted my life to this craft of motherhood :).